tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282964259682414782.post8405207201552786695..comments2023-08-08T02:33:49.398-07:00Comments on aubreyplays: Handmade, and why getting the bottom price deal is really rude.Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01970681286292203613noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282964259682414782.post-22013143783248915162011-10-15T10:49:18.094-07:002011-10-15T10:49:18.094-07:00And this post is precisely why I don't take pi...And this post is precisely why I don't take pictures for "clients" anymore. I'm just not willing to give up time with my precious babies for the few nickles it would net me. So I do it for fun and the occasional preschool (which actually funds my habit).Alissahttp://www.amaranthineimage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282964259682414782.post-90825567430408175712011-10-06T06:05:10.068-07:002011-10-06T06:05:10.068-07:00Amen sister! I was selling dresses in my etsy sho...Amen sister! I was selling dresses in my etsy shop last year for around $30, and a friend of mine made a comment that they where way too expensive that I should sell them for $15...okay seriously? I had paid that for the fabric! and she was like well that's what I pay for them at craft shows...I told her to buy it at a craft show! I would rather not sell anything than give my time away! I wish people would realize that if I am charging more than WalMart it's because I am selling you a quality item that will last! not some piece of junk, made in China (probably by under paid children) clothing that you can pass down for generations...not something that's going to have holes in it in the first 2 weeks or shrink up to half it's original size the first time you wash it!...sorry guess this ticks me off more than I realized... great post!Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05743892928906512794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282964259682414782.post-76621000050324038802011-10-05T22:21:50.642-07:002011-10-05T22:21:50.642-07:00Aubrey, you are dead on...and reading through the ...Aubrey, you are dead on...and reading through the comments, so is Lesley! It is so frustrating. A friend of mine is exceptionally talented in wood work. Carving, building, etc., and he uses no power tools...it is literally all done one whittle at a time...he helped me once break down costs for my items. By the time I charge for the time I spend getting supplies, creating the item, going to ship, shipping supplies and costs, and oh yeah--paying myself--I'd be chicken to put that price on my work. So I don't. It scares the hell outta me (just keepin' it real). Glad to know I am not alone.LP aka A Crafty Southern Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05752162282852409814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282964259682414782.post-49157283820181989582011-10-04T08:59:57.589-07:002011-10-04T08:59:57.589-07:00I hear that!
I have to say, when I really sit down...I hear that!<br />I have to say, when I really sit down and consider what I am paying to make a necklace vs what I am charging....I'm making like $5 for my time. I think that people think we get this stuff at cost but that's not the case. <br />I but my stuff, it takes me an hour to make something, I look at it and think, " Now I have to charge $60 to make a profit " but <br />I don't...because I want to sell it. If we were in this for the money we would all be charging a heck of a lot more. That's why it's so frustrating to be asked for free shipping ( now I have to pay another $4 considering I am only making $5? Thanks for the buck. ) or if I can sell it half price. At first I always said yes because some business is better than no business but that can't last.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17632136097693104604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282964259682414782.post-54507503703222952662011-10-03T13:44:17.412-07:002011-10-03T13:44:17.412-07:00thanks gals!!thanks gals!!Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970681286292203613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282964259682414782.post-16623196430807564862011-10-03T11:50:36.100-07:002011-10-03T11:50:36.100-07:00I love you. You are spot on, Sister!!I love you. You are spot on, Sister!!Alissahttp://www.amaranthineimage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282964259682414782.post-23239375010884680282011-10-03T09:48:55.664-07:002011-10-03T09:48:55.664-07:00well said ! so true !well said ! so true !Tracy @photographybytracycook.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194156915010294444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282964259682414782.post-46228875273368456142011-10-03T07:18:52.929-07:002011-10-03T07:18:52.929-07:00Wonderfully written! Handmade just can't be co...Wonderfully written! Handmade just can't be compared to department store prices and some people just don't understand that.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731583979680673836noreply@blogger.com